EP1933665B1 - Indicateur d'usure magnetique pour appareils de soins personnels - Google Patents

Indicateur d'usure magnetique pour appareils de soins personnels Download PDF

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EP1933665B1
EP1933665B1 EP06809502A EP06809502A EP1933665B1 EP 1933665 B1 EP1933665 B1 EP 1933665B1 EP 06809502 A EP06809502 A EP 06809502A EP 06809502 A EP06809502 A EP 06809502A EP 1933665 B1 EP1933665 B1 EP 1933665B1
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Ytsen Wielstra
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0002—Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
    • A46B15/0002—Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process
    • A46B15/0004—Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process with a controlling means
    • A46B15/001—Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process with a controlling means with means indicating the remaining useful life of brush
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1066—Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C17/00—Devices for cleaning, polishing, rinsing or drying teeth, teeth cavities or prostheses; Saliva removers; Dental appliances for receiving spittle
    • A61C17/16—Power-driven cleaning or polishing devices

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  • This invention relates generally to personal care appliances, and more specifically concerns a wear indicator for such an appliance, such as for a brushhead portion of a power toothbrush.
  • a reliable wear indicator within the appliance which indicates clearly to the user that it is time to replace the workpiece. It is important that the indication be reliable relative to the actual physical condition of the workpiece and further that the indication be clear and readily interpretable by a user. Still further, it is usually important that a wear indicator be convenient to implement in a particular appliance of interest and not add significant additional expense to the appliance.
  • Wear indicators are well known for various appliances. These include devices which count the number of uses of the appliance, as well as devices which detect actual physical wear on the workpiece which occurs because of use. For example, in the case of a toothbrush, as the bristles wear away during use, various indicator arrangements within the bristles are revealed, including a different color, as the wear on the bristles reaches a selected depth.
  • a workpiece wear indicator which is both reliable, i.e. the indication provided correlates with the actual physical condition of the workpiece, and which is clearly interpretable by a user that it is time to replace the workpiece.
  • a personal care appliance and a workpiece associated therewith which uses a wear indicator is a brushhead portion of an electric toothbrush as known from US-A-5 906 834 or WO 2004/002267 .
  • Another example is a blade or cutting head on an electric shaver as known from US-A-5 603 161 .
  • Other examples will readily occur to one skilled in the art.
  • the invention is a wear indicator for a workpiece portion of a personal care appliance, comprising a first member having magnetic particles therein, wherein the member is characterized by a reaction to repeated contact with water over time such that as the appliance is used, the layer member gradually changes state, permitting the magnetic particles therein to become oriented, under the influence of an adjacent magnet member, into a recognizable image, which indicates that the workpiece should be replaced; and a magnet member positioned close to the first member, such that it can influence the position of the magnetic particles in the first member into said recognizable image upon a sufficient change of state from the original condition of the first member, wherein the appearance of said recognizable image indicates that the workpiece should be replaced.
  • FIG. 1 shows a wear indicator of the present invention incorporated in an electric toothbrush.
  • the wear indicator shown generally at 10, is embedded into a base portion 12 ofbrushhead 14, which comprises a part of a conventional electric toothbrush 16.
  • the wear indicator 10 can be used for a wide variety of electric toothbrush arrangements. Also, it should be understood that the wear indicator 10 described herein can be used on other personal care appliances which include a workpiece which requires periodic replacement for continuing effective action.
  • the wear indicator 10 includes a water-soluble material member/layer 20.
  • the size of layer 20 can vary, but in one embodiment, it could be 10 100 microns thick.
  • the primary requirement is that the magnetic particles have space to move (reorient) when a magnetic field forces the particles into a different orientation and such that the effect is visible.
  • water-soluble member 20 examples include water-soluble polymers, such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyvinyl pyrrolidon (PVP) and other similar materials.
  • Layer 20 has magnetic particles 22 embedded therein.
  • the magnetic particles 22 can comprise basically any material which is responsive to magnetic action, such as various iron oxides and other materials, including specialized pigments which respond to magnetic action, such as iron oxide coated flake-like pigments.
  • the particles 22 are embedded in member 20 in a random fashion with no particular arrangement or oriented state.
  • the wear indicator 10 also includes a magnet member 24 positioned adjacent to or in contact with the lower surface 25 of member 20.
  • the member/layer 20 will come into contact with water.
  • Member 20 becomes wet and either begins to slowly dissolve or to swell.
  • the particles 22 will gradually move/reorient themselves under the influence of magnetic element 24, until they form a three-dimensional image, along the magnetic field lines produced by the magnetic member.
  • the size of the magnet and the orientation of the magnetic poles will determine the visual effect.
  • the three-dimensional image indicates clearly to the user that replacement of the workpiece, e.g. the toothbrush brushhead, is appropriate.
  • Such an image is shown at 26 in Figure 3 .
  • the round 3 D image 26 is produced by the use of a round magnet. Other image configurations can be produced using different shaped magnet elements.
  • Figure 2B shows the reorientation of particles 22 into the 3 D image of Figure 3 , from the planar arrangement shown in Figure 2A .
  • the sensitivity of the wear indicator 10 can be changed in several ways.
  • the sensitivity of member 20 can be varied by adjusting the chemical composition of the material and, in the case of polymers, adjusting the crosslink density. This will change the rate/manner of dissolution/swelling of the water-soluble member, so as to provide an accurate, reliable indication of wear of the workpiece.
  • the strength of the magnet member 24 can also be varied. Further, different magnet configurations can be used which have the capability of producing particular image forms.
  • Figures 4A and 4B show another embodiment of the invention, which includes a structure similar to Figures 2A and 2B , with a water-soluble, magnetic particle-containing member 40 and a magnet member 42.
  • This embodiment includes an upper layer 44 of water-soluble material on top of member 40.
  • Member 44 has no magnetic particles, but is characterized by gradually dissolving upon contact with water, and hence delaying the exposure of the active member 40 (with the magnetic particles) to water. The thickness of the delay layer 44 can be adjusted so that the unit as a whole can provide an accurate indication of wear, based on use.
  • Figure 4B shows the delay layer 44 completely dissolved, and the realignment of magnetic particles 48 within member 40 into a recognizable configuration, such as shown in Figure 3 .

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  1. Indicateur d'usure (1) pour une partie de pièce de fabrication d'un appareil de soins personnels, comprenant : un premier élément en couche (20) qui change progressivement d'état par une réaction par contact répété avec de l'eau au fil du temps quand l'appareil est utilisé, caractérisé en ce que l'élément en couche comporte des particules magnétiques (22) dans celui-ci, de telle sorte que, par une réaction par contact répété avec de l'eau au fil du temps quand l'appareil est utilisé, les particules magnétiques (22) deviennent orientées, sous l'influence d'un élément magnétique (24) adjacent dans une image reconnaissable, qui indique que la pièce de fabrication doit être remplacée ; et en ce que l'indicateur d'usure comprend un élément magnétique (24) positionné près du premier élément en couche (20), de telle sorte qu'il puisse influencer la position des particules magnétiques (22) dans le premier élément en couche (20) dans ladite image reconnaissable (26) en cas de changement d'état suffisant à partir de la condition d'origine du premier élément en couche (20), dans lequel l'apparence de ladite image reconnaissable indique que la pièce de fabrication doit être remplacée.
  2. Indicateur d'usure (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'image reconnaissable (26) est tridimensionnelle.
  3. Indicateur d'usure (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le premier élément en couche (20) comprend un matériau qui se dissout progressivement en cas de contact répété avec l'eau, et dans lequel le premier élément en couche (20) est dissous suffisamment, après la survenue d'un nombre suffisant d'utilisations, pour indiquer de façon fiable que la pièce de fabrication doit être remplacée, pour permettre l'orientation des particules dans l'image reconnaissable.
  4. Indicateur d'usure (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le premier élément en couche (20) comprend un matériau qui gonfle progressivement en cas de contact répété avec l'eau, et dans lequel le premier élément en couche (20) est suffisamment gonflé après la survenue d'un nombre suffisant d'utilisations pour indiquer de façon fiable que la pièce de fabrication doit être remplacée, pour que l'orientation des particules dans la forme reconnaissable puisse survenir.
  5. Indicateur d'usure (10) selon la revendication 1, comprenant un second élément (40) soluble dans l'eau, positionné au-dessus du premier élément, qui retarde le contact par l'eau avec la première couche jusqu'à ce que la seconde couche se soit dissoute, ce qui survient après un nombre sélectionné d'utilisations de l'appareil.
  6. Indicateur d'usure (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'appareil est une brosse à dents (16) et la pièce de fabrication est une tête de brosse (14) qui doit être remplacée périodiquement.
  7. Indicateur d'usure (10) selon la revendication 6, dans lequel l'indicateur d'usure (10) est positionné sur la tête de brosse (14).
EP06809502A 2005-10-04 2006-10-04 Indicateur d'usure magnetique pour appareils de soins personnels Not-in-force EP1933665B1 (fr)

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